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Exhibit 99.1

 
 
ANNEX A
 
The Trust Student Loan Pool as of October 31, 2016
 
The trust student loans owned by the trust were originally selected from a portfolio of consolidation student loans owned by Student Loan Marketing Association by employing several criteria, including requirements that each trust student loan as of the original cutoff date:
 
·
was guaranteed as to principal and interest by a guaranty agency under a guarantee agreement and the guaranty agency was, in turn, reinsured by the Department of Education in accordance with the FFELP;
 
·
contained terms in accordance with those required by the FFELP, the guarantee agreements and other applicable requirements;
 
·
was more than 120 days past the final disbursement;
 
·
was not more than 210 days past due;
 
·
did not have a borrower who was noted in the related records of the servicer as being currently involved in a bankruptcy proceeding; and
 
·
had special allowance payments, if any, based on the three-month commercial paper rate or the 91-day Treasury bill rate.
 
No trust student loan as of the original cutoff date was subject to the depositor’s or the Student Loan Marketing Association’s prior obligation to sell that loan to a third party. The Student Loan Marketing Association was dissolved on December 31, 2004 and all of its obligations were assumed by its affiliate, Navient Credit Finance Corporation.

Unless otherwise specified, all information with respect to the trust student loans is presented as of October 31, 2016, which is the statistical disclosure date.

The following tables provide a description of specified characteristics of the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date.  The aggregate outstanding principal balance of the loans in each of the following tables includes the principal balance due from borrowers, plus accrued interest of $2,315,824 to be capitalized as of the statistical disclosure date.  Percentages and dollar amounts in any table may not total 100% or whole dollars due to rounding.  The following tables also contain information concerning the total number of loans and total number of borrowers in the portfolio of trust student loans.  For ease of administration, the servicer separates a consolidation loan on its system into two separate loan segments representing subsidized and unsubsidized segments of the same loan.  The following tables reflect those loan segments within the number of loans.  In addition, 3 borrowers have more than one trust student loan.

The distribution by weighted average interest rate applicable to the trust student loans on any date following the statistical disclosure date may vary significantly from that in the following tables as a result of variations in the effective rates of interest applicable to the trust student loans and in rates of principal reduction.  Moreover, the information below about the weighted average remaining term to maturity of the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date may vary significantly from the actual term to maturity of any of the trust student loans as a result of prepayments or the granting of deferment and forbearance periods.

2003-4
A-1

 
 
The following tables also contain information concerning the total number of loans and the total number of borrowers in the portfolio of trust student loans.
 
 
Percentages and dollar amounts in any table may not total 100% of the trust student loan balance, as applicable, due to rounding.

COMPOSITION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance 
$
676,595,284
 
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
$
91,494,024
 
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
 
13.52
%
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR
$
585,101,260
 
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR
 
86.48
%
Number of Borrowers 
 
22,045
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower 
$
30,692
 
Number of Loans 
 
38,047
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill
$
29,120
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – One-Month LIBOR
$
16,763
 
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity
 
179 months
 
Weighted Average Annual Interest Rate 
 
6.15
%

We determined the weighted average remaining term to maturity shown in the table from the statistical disclosure date to the stated maturity date of the applicable trust student loan without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum.

The weighted average annual borrower interest rate shown in the table is exclusive of special allowance payments.  The weighted average spread for special allowance payments to the 91-day Treasury bill rate was 3.10% as of the statistical disclosure date.

The weighted average spread for special allowance payments to the one-month LIBOR rate was 2.64% as of the statistical disclosure date.  See “Special Allowance Payments” in Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum.

For these purposes, the 91-day Treasury bill rate is the weighted average per annum discount rate, expressed on a bond equivalent basis and applied on a daily basis, for direct obligations of the United States with a maturity of thirteen weeks, as reported by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
2003-4
A-2

 
 
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY BORROWER INTEREST RATES AS OF THE STATISTICAL
DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
 
 
Interest Rates
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Less than or equal to 3.00% 
   
0
   
$
0
     
0.0
%
3.01% to 3.50% 
   
690
     
7,956,471
     
1.2
 
3.51% to 4.00% 
   
1,310
     
24,499,532
     
3.6
 
4.01% to 4.50% 
   
7,002
     
85,417,567
     
12.6
 
4.51% to 5.00% 
   
10,670
     
153,533,320
     
22.7
 
5.01% to 5.50% 
   
1,888
     
33,126,832
     
4.9
 
5.51% to 6.00% 
   
1,671
     
30,126,685
     
4.5
 
6.01% to 6.50% 
   
2,850
     
51,665,618
     
7.6
 
6.51% to 7.00% 
   
4,655
     
88,326,343
     
13.1
 
7.01% to 7.50% 
   
1,175
     
25,175,531
     
3.7
 
7.51% to 8.00% 
   
2,360
     
60,953,355
     
9.0
 
8.01% to 8.50% 
   
2,733
     
76,694,228
     
11.3
 
Equal to or greater than 8.51%
   
1,043
     
39,119,803
     
5.8
 
                         
            Total 
   
38,047
   
$
676,595,284
     
100.0
%
* Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
 
 
 
We determined the interest rates shown in the table above using the interest rates applicable to the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date.  Because trust student loans with different interest rates are likely to be repaid at different rates, this information is not likely to remain applicable to the trust student loans after the statistical disclosure date.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools – Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.
2003-4
A-3

 
 
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE PER BORROWER
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
 
Range of Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Number of
Borrowers
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Less than $5,000.00 
   
3,206
   
$
6,910,827
     
1.0
%
$  5,000.00-$ 9,999.99 
   
3,655
     
27,853,770
     
4.1
 
$10,000.00-$14,999.99
   
2,852
     
34,918,953
     
5.2
 
$15,000.00-$19,999.99
   
1,929
     
33,668,528
     
5.0
 
$20,000.00-$24,999.99
   
1,702
     
38,264,986
     
5.7
 
$25,000.00-$29,999.99
   
1,404
     
38,514,130
     
5.7
 
$30,000.00-$34,999.99
   
1,099
     
35,674,292
     
5.3
 
$35,000.00-$39,999.99
   
884
     
33,104,098
     
4.9
 
$40,000.00-$44,999.99
   
746
     
31,664,476
     
4.7
 
$45,000.00-$49,999.99
   
633
     
29,939,048
     
4.4
 
$50,000.00-$54,999.99
   
550
     
28,784,175
     
4.3
 
$55,000.00-$59,999.99
   
440
     
25,269,853
     
3.7
 
$60,000.00-$64,999.99
   
362
     
22,550,107
     
3.3
 
$65,000.00-$69,999.99
   
302
     
20,356,223
     
3.0
 
$70,000.00-$74,999.99
   
266
     
19,264,542
     
2.8
 
$75,000.00-$79,999.99
   
249
     
19,307,507
     
2.9
 
$80,000.00-$84,999.99
   
200
     
16,466,702
     
2.4
 
$85,000.00-$89,999.99
   
176
     
15,394,715
     
2.3
 
$90,000.00-$94,999.99
   
158
     
14,631,109
     
2.2
 
$95,000.00-$99,999.99
   
133
     
12,931,714
     
1.9
 
$100,000.00 and above
   
1,099
     
676,595,284
     
25.3
 
                         
Total
   
22,045
   
$
676,595,284
     
100.0
%
 

 

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY DELINQUENCY STATUS AS OF THE
STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
 
 
Number of Days Delinquent
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
0-30 days 
   
36,417
   
$
628,060,313
     
92.8
%
31-60 days 
   
633
     
18,571,983
     
2.7
 
61-90 days 
   
258
     
6,228,279
     
0.9
 
91-120 days 
   
143
     
4,533,272
     
0.7
 
121-150 days 
   
116
     
4,130,435
     
0.6
 
151-180 days 
   
108
     
3,305,622
     
0.5
 
181-210 days 
   
81
     
2,331,825
     
0.3
 
Greater than 210 days 
   
291
     
9,433,555
     
1.4
 
                         
 Total 
   
38,047
   
$
676,595,284
     
100.0
%

2003-4
A-4

 
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY REMAINING TERM TO SCHEDULED MATURITY
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
Number of Months
Remaining to
Scheduled Maturity
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
 Principal Balance
 
0 to 3 
   
76
   
$
23,179
     
*
 
4 to 12 
   
1,248
     
862,371
     
0.1
%
13 to 24 
   
1,288
     
1,975,601
     
0.3
 
25 to 36 
   
1,206
     
3,722,824
     
0.6
 
37 to 48 
   
1,205
     
5,703,084
     
0.8
 
49 to 60 
   
1,145
     
7,113,337
     
1.1
 
61 to 72 
   
4,963
     
27,265,074
     
4.0
 
73 to 84 
   
2,624
     
19,378,466
     
2.9
 
85 to 96 
   
1,681
     
16,021,774
     
2.4
 
97 to 108 
   
1,412
     
16,730,808
     
2.5
 
109 to 120 
   
1,290
     
18,366,758
     
2.7
 
121 to 132 
   
4,552
     
74,640,662
     
11.0
 
133 to 144 
   
2,559
     
53,093,016
     
7.8
 
145 to 156 
   
1,571
     
37,504,128
     
5.5
 
157 to 168 
   
1,292
     
33,617,212
     
5.0
 
169 to 180 
   
1,128
     
31,370,756
     
4.6
 
181 to 192 
   
2,999
     
77,098,740
     
11.4
 
193 to 204 
   
1,388
     
41,496,338
     
6.1
 
205 to 216 
   
905
     
32,338,329
     
4.8
 
217 to 228 
   
714
     
25,784,298
     
3.8
 
229 to 240 
   
597
     
23,100,150
     
3.4
 
241 to 252 
   
574
     
25,166,617
     
3.7
 
253 to 264 
   
418
     
19,775,283
     
2.9
 
265 to 276 
   
279
     
15,779,915
     
2.3
 
277 to 288 
   
219
     
12,714,423
     
1.9
 
289 to 300 
   
209
     
12,697,752
     
1.9
 
301 to 312 
   
172
     
13,311,552
     
2.0
 
313 to 324 
   
73
     
5,654,428
     
0.8
 
325 to 336 
   
61
     
5,614,789
     
0.8
 
337 to 348 
   
41
     
4,267,333
     
0.6
 
349 to 360 
   
102
     
9,562,667
     
1.4
 
361 and above 
   
56
     
4,843,619
     
0.7
 
                         
Total 
   
38,047
   
$
676,595,284
     
100.0
%
* Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
         

We have determined the number of months remaining to scheduled maturity shown in the table from the statistical disclosure date to the stated maturity date of the applicable trust student loan without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools –Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.
 
 
2003-4
A-5

 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
 
Current Borrower Payment Status
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Deferment 
   
1,330
   
$
31,243,739
     
4.6
%
Forbearance 
   
1,896
     
56,402,617
     
8.3
 
Repayment
                       
First year in repayment
   
454
     
22,991,535
     
3.4
 
Second year in repayment
   
408
     
19,427,403
     
2.9
 
Third year in repayment
   
475
     
20,353,876
     
3.0
 
More than 3 years in repayment
   
33,484
     
526,176,113
     
77.8
 
Total 
   
38,047
   
$
676,595,284
     
100.0
%

Current borrower payment status refers to the status of the borrower of each trust student loan as of the statistical disclosure date.  The borrower:

·
may have temporarily ceased repaying the loan through a deferment or a forbearance period; or

·
may be currently required to repay the loan – repayment.

See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools –Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.

The weighted average number of months in repayment for all trust student loans currently in repayment is approximately 109.8 calculated as the term to maturity at the commencement of repayment less the number of months remaining to scheduled maturity as of the statistical disclosure date.
 
 
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SCHEDULED WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING MONTHS IN
STATUS OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY
CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS AS OF THE
STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
Scheduled Months in Status Remaining
Current Borrower Payment Status
 
Deferment
 
Forbearance
 
Repayment
Deferment 
 
17.8
 
-
 
212.7
Forbearance 
 
-
 
5.2
 
209.6
Repayment 
 
-
 
-
 
172.8
             

We have determined the scheduled weighted average remaining months in status shown in the previous table without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  Of the $31,243,739 aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans in deferment as of the statistical disclosure date, $20,457,276 or approximately 65.5% of such loans are to borrowers who had not graduated as of that date.  We expect that a significant portion of these loans could qualify for additional deferments or forbearances at the end of their current deferment periods as the related borrowers continue their education beyond their current degree programs.  As a result, the overall duration of any applicable deferment and forbearance periods as well as the likelihood of future deferment and forbearance periods within this pool of trust student loans is likely to be higher than in other pools of student loans without similar numbers of in-school consolidation loans.  See Appendix A to the original prospectus.
 
 
2003-4
A-7

 
 
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
 
 
State
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Alabama 
   
292
   
$
6,443,176
     
1.0
%
Alaska 
   
48
     
537,803
     
0.1
 
Arizona 
   
764
     
15,100,280
     
2.2
 
Arkansas 
   
218
     
3,738,336
     
0.6
 
California 
   
4,261
     
81,472,096
     
12.0
 
Colorado 
   
629
     
9,844,546
     
1.5
 
Connecticut 
   
597
     
8,890,576
     
1.3
 
Delaware 
   
90
     
1,543,926
     
0.2
 
District of Columbia 
   
145
     
3,129,760
     
0.5
 
Florida 
   
2,141
     
47,692,892
     
7.0
 
Georgia 
   
1,377
     
30,419,021
     
4.5
 
Hawaii 
   
84
     
1,485,779
     
0.2
 
Idaho 
   
126
     
2,090,667
     
0.3
 
Illinois 
   
1,779
     
27,181,491
     
4.0
 
Indiana 
   
552
     
7,663,971
     
1.1
 
Iowa  
   
246
     
4,367,799
     
0.6
 
Kansas 
   
649
     
10,362,345
     
1.5
 
Kentucky 
   
249
     
5,048,627
     
0.7
 
Louisiana 
   
1,028
     
18,444,944
     
2.7
 
Maine 
   
124
     
2,346,428
     
0.3
 
Maryland 
   
1,077
     
22,233,738
     
3.3
 
Massachusetts 
   
1,266
     
17,130,572
     
2.5
 
Michigan 
   
970
     
19,419,638
     
2.9
 
Minnesota 
   
700
     
10,880,587
     
1.6
 
Mississippi 
   
345
     
6,418,322
     
0.9
 
Missouri 
   
845
     
14,686,167
     
2.2
 
Montana 
   
60
     
1,128,570
     
0.2
 
Nebraska 
   
77
     
1,382,672
     
0.2
 
Nevada 
   
273
     
5,628,912
     
0.8
 
New Hampshire 
   
158
     
2,690,462
     
0.4
 
New Jersey 
   
1,016
     
18,121,288
     
2.7
 
New Mexico 
   
149
     
3,155,766
     
0.5
 
New York 
   
2,783
     
46,407,656
     
6.9
 
North Carolina 
   
938
     
15,591,097
     
2.3
 
North Dakota 
   
17
     
219,097
     
*
 
Ohio  
   
192
     
3,746,030
     
0.6
 
Oklahoma 
   
956
     
16,449,861
     
2.4
 
Oregon 
   
758
     
12,639,178
     
1.9
 
Pennsylvania 
   
1,256
     
22,532,391
     
3.3
 
Rhode Island 
   
103
     
1,990,071
     
0.3
 
South Carolina 
   
432
     
8,855,300
     
1.3
 
South Dakota 
   
32
     
384,701
     
0.1
 
Tennessee 
   
635
     
11,920,043
     
1.8
 
Texas 
   
3,849
     
63,660,405
     
9.4
 
Utah  
   
129
     
2,161,391
     
0.3
 
Vermont 
   
58
     
838,982
     
0.1
 
Virginia 
   
1,229
     
19,857,989
     
2.9
 
Washington 
   
1,291
     
20,265,501
     
3.0
 
West Virginia 
   
149
     
2,346,318
     
0.3
 
Wisconsin 
   
508
     
9,100,900
     
1.3
 
Wyoming 
   
41
     
329,565
     
*
 
Other 
   
356
     
6,617,652
     
1.0
 
                         
Total 
   
38,047
   
$
676,595,284
     
100.0
%
* Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
 
 
 
2003-4
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We have based the geographic distribution shown in the table on the billing addresses of the borrowers of the trust student loans shown on the servicer’s records as of the statistical disclosure date.

Each of the trust student loans provides or will provide for the amortization of its outstanding principal balance over a series of regular payments.  Except as described below, each regular payment consists of an installment of interest which is calculated on the basis of the outstanding principal balance of the trust student loan.  The amount received is applied first to interest accrued to the date of payment and the balance of the payment, if any, is applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance.  Accordingly, if a borrower pays a regular installment before its scheduled due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment was made will be less than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be correspondingly greater.  Conversely, if a borrower pays a monthly installment after its scheduled due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment was made will be greater than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be correspondingly less.

In either case, subject to any applicable deferment periods or forbearance periods, and except as provided below, the borrower pays a regular installment until the final scheduled payment date, at which time the amount of the final installment is increased or decreased as necessary to repay the then outstanding principal balance of that trust student loan.

The servicer makes available to borrowers of student loans it holds (including the trust student loans) payment terms that may result in the lengthening of the remaining term of the student loans.  For example, not all of the loans sold to the trust provide for level payments throughout the repayment term of the loans.  Some student loans provide for interest only payments to be made for a designated portion of the term of the loans, with amortization of the principal of the loans occurring only when payments increase in the latter stage of the term of the loans.  Other loans provide for a graduated phase in of the amortization of principal with a greater portion of principal amortization being required in the latter stages than would be the case if amortization were on a level payment basis.  The servicer also offers an income-sensitive repayment plan, under which repayments are based on the borrower’s income.  Under that plan, ultimate repayment may be delayed up to five years.  Borrowers under trust student loans will continue to be eligible for the graduated payment and income-sensitive repayment plans.  These programs are applicable to the trust student loans and may be offered by the servicer to related borrowers at its discretion.
 
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The following table provides certain information about trust student loans subject to the repayment terms described in the preceding paragraphs.
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY REPAYMENT
TERMS AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
Loan Repayment Terms
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Level Repayment
   
20,257
   
$
281,518,748
     
41.6
%
Other Repayment Options(1)
   
17,790
395,076,536
58.4
Total
38,047
$
676,595,284
100.0
%
 
(1)  Includes, among others, graduated repayment and interest-only period loans.
 
With respect to interest-only loans, as of the statistical disclosure date, there are 610 loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $24,841,619 currently in an interest-only period.  These interest-only loans represent approximately 3.7% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans.  Interest-only periods range up to 48 months in overall length.

The servicer may in the future offer repayment terms similar to those described above to borrowers of trust student loans who are not entitled to these repayment terms as of the statistical disclosure date.  If repayment terms are offered to and accepted by those borrowers, the weighted average life of the securities could be lengthened.
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY LOAN
TYPE AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
Loan Type
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Subsidized
   
18,834
   
$
294,091,881
     
43.5
%
Unsubsidized
   
19,213
382,503,403
56.5
Total
38,047
$
676,595,284
100.0
%
 
 
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The following table provides information about the trust student loans regarding date of disbursement.
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY DATE OF DISBURSEMENT AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
Loan Repayment Terms
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
 by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
September 30, 1993 and earlier
   
96
   
$
2,634,142
     
0.4
%
October 1, 1993 through June 30, 2006
   
37,951
     
673,961,142
     
99.6
 
July 1, 2006 and later
   
0
0
0.0
Total
38,047
$
676,595,284
100.0
%
 

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Guaranty Agencies for the Trust Student Loans.  The eligible lender trustee has entered into a separate guarantee agreement with each of the guaranty agencies listed below, under which each of the guarantors has agreed to serve as guarantor for specified trust student loans.

The following table provides information with respect to the portion of the trust student loans guaranteed by each guarantor.
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY GUARANTY AGENCY AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
 
Name of Guaranty Agency
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
American Student Assistance 
   
2,053
   
$
25,621,249
     
3.8
%
College Assist 
   
22
     
336,626
     
*
 
Educational Credit Management Corporation
   
1,294
     
23,699,811
     
3.5
 
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation 
   
647
     
14,135,295
     
2.1
 
Illinois Student Assistance Commission 
   
1,708
     
23,290,548
     
3.4
 
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
   
150
     
3,014,854
     
0.4
 
Louisiana Office Of Student Financial Assistance
   
428
     
5,656,380
     
0.8
 
Michigan Guaranty Agency 
   
684
     
11,199,647
     
1.7
 
Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program
   
5
     
73,450
     
*
 
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
   
874
     
11,605,972
     
1.7
 
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
   
3,727
     
57,691,594
     
8.5
 
Northwest Education Loan Association 
   
3,816
     
56,721,779
     
8.4
 
Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program
   
993
     
15,137,112
     
2.2
 
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
   
3,081
     
52,648,596
     
7.8
 
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
   
3,378
     
56,898,248
     
8.4
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
   
15,187
     
318,864,125
     
47.1
 
                         
Total 
   
38,047
   
$
676,595,284
     
100.0
%
*     Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
                       

 
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SIGNIFICANT GUARANTOR INFORMATION
 

The information shown for the Significant Guarantor relates to all student loans, including but not limited to trust student loans, guaranteed by the Significant Guarantor.

We obtained the following information from various sources, including from the Significant Guarantor and/or from the Department of Education.  None of the depositor, Navient CFC, the servicer, their affiliates or the remarketing agents has audited or independently verified this information for accuracy or completeness.

 
UNITED STUDENT AID FUNDS, INC.
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. (“USA Funds”) was organized as a private, nonprofit corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware in 1960.  In accordance with its Certificate of Incorporation, USA Funds: (i) maintains facilities for the provision of guarantee services with respect to approved education loans made to or for the benefit of eligible students attending approved educational institutions; (ii) guaranteed education loans made pursuant to certain loan programs under the Higher Education Act, as well as loans made under certain private loan programs; and (iii) serves as the designated guarantor for education-loan programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (“the Act”) in Arizona, Hawaii and certain Pacific Islands, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wyoming.

USA Funds contracts with Navient Solutions, Inc. and Student Assistance Corporation. Student Assistance Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Navient Solutions, Inc. Navient Solutions, Inc. and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by nor are they agencies of the United States of America.

USA Funds is the sole member of the Northwest Education Loan Association, a guarantor serving the states of Washington, Idaho and the Northwest and Education@Work, Inc., an Ohio non-profit corporation.

For the purpose of providing loan guarantees under the Act, USA Funds has entered into various agreements (collectively, the “Federal Reinsurance Agreements”) with the U.S. Secretary of Education (the “Secretary”). Pursuant to the Federal Reinsurance Agreements, USA Funds serves as a “guaranty agency” as defined in Section 435(j) of the Act. The Act allows the Secretary, after giving the guaranty agency notice and the opportunity for a hearing, to terminate the Federal Reinsurance Agreements if the Secretary determines that the administrative or financial condition of the guaranty agency jeopardizes the agency’s continued ability to perform its responsibilities under its guaranty agreement, it is necessary to protect the federal financial interest, or to ensure the continued availability of loans to student- or parent- borrowers.
 
Reinsurance is paid to USA Funds by the Secretary in accordance with a formula based on the annual default rate of loans guaranteed by USA Funds under the Act and the disbursement date of loans. The rate of reinsurance ranges from 100 percent to 75 percent of USA Funds’
 
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losses on default-claim payments made to lenders. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 provided for 100 percent reinsurance on all FFEL Program claims purchased beginning December 2015 and beyond.  Prior to that, the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (the “1998 Reauthorization Law”) reduced the reinsurance coverage for loans in default made on or after Oct. 1, 1998, to a range from 95 percent to 75 percent based upon the annual default claims rate of the guaranty agency. Reinsurance on non-default claims remains at 100 percent.
 
The 1998 Reauthorization Law requires guaranty agencies to establish two (2) separate funds, a federal reserve fund (property of the United States) and an agency operating fund (property of the guaranty agency). The federal reserve fund is to be used to pay lender claims and to pay a default-aversion fee to the agency operating fund. The agency operating fund is to be used by the guaranty agency to pay its operating expenses.

On March, 30, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152), which ended the origination and guarantee of new loans under the Federal Family Education Loan Program, effective for loans whose first disbursement was after June 30, 2010. As a result of the statute, USA Funds will continue to administer a portfolio of outstanding FFELP loans, but no longer may guarantee new federal student loans.

As of September 30, 2015, USA Funds held net assets on behalf of the federal reserve fund of approximately $130 million. Through September 30, 2015, the outstanding, unpaid, aggregate amount of principal and interest on loans that had been directly guaranteed by USA Funds under the Federal Family Education Loan Program was approximately $51.8 billion.  Also, as of September 30, 2015, USA Funds had operating fund assets totaling almost $1.3 billion, which includes the $130 million of net assets held on behalf of the Federal Reserve Fund.

USA Funds’ “reserve ratio” complies with the U.S. Department of Education definition, which is determined by dividing the fund balance reserves in a guarantor’s federal reserve fund, by the total amount of loans outstanding. Following this formula, the reserve ratio for the federal reserve fund administered by USA Funds for the last five fiscal years was as follows:
 
 
Reserve Ratio
 
Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
0.394%
0.354%
0.313%
0.277%
0.251%

 
USA Funds’ “recovery rate,” which provides a measure of the effectiveness of the collection efforts against defaulted borrowers after the guarantee claim has been satisfied, is determined by dividing the amount recovered from borrowers by USA Funds during the fiscal year by the aggregate amount of default claims paid by USA Funds outstanding at the end of the prior fiscal year. For the last five fiscal years, the “recovery rate” was as follows:
 
 
Recovery Rate
 
Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
32.17%
31.82%
30.55%
32.01%
34.93%
 
 
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USA Funds’ “loss rate” represents the percentage of claims purchased from lenders but not covered by reinsurance. For the last five fiscal years, the “loss rate” was as follows:
 
 
Loss Rate
 
Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
4.71%
4.73%
4.74%
4.73%
4.71%
 
 
In addition, USA Funds’ “claims rate” represents the percentage of federal reinsurance claims paid by the Secretary during any fiscal year, less amounts remitted to the Secretary for defaulted loans that are rehabilitated relative to USA Funds’ existing portfolio of loans in repayment at the end of the prior fiscal year. For the last five fiscal years, the “claims rate” was as follows:
 
 
Claims Rate
 
Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
1.69%
1.58%
1.41%
1.48%
0.60%
 
USA Funds is headquartered in Fishers, Indiana. USA Funds will provide a copy of its most recent annual report upon receipt of a written request directed to its headquarters at P.O. Box 6028, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6028, Attention: Vice President, Corporate and Marketing Communications.

 
 
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